Structures and assumptions: Strategies to harness gene × gene and gene × environment interactions in GWAS

Statistical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-488

  Kooperberg, Charles ^a   LeBlanc, Michael ^a   Dai, James Y ^a   Rajapakse, Indika ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive regression modeling; Association study; Disease risk; High dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955137081     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-STS287     Document Type: Article

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